New Hate Figure

Huge ructions in the David's Pics household tonight.

After what can only be described as the "Mother of all Winter Gas-Bills" we've just received the "Auntie-who's-really-just-a-friend-of-mums-but-we-still-call-her-auntie-January-to-March-bill!"

Eyewatering might be one way of describing it if the tears running down my face weren't blocking my view of the keyboard.

It's the price of the most recent Sigma (creamy-smooth bokeh) 50mm prime lens for the love of sweet Jesus!

They go on about (Sir) Fred Goodwin fleecing his investors dry but his supposed pension would only keep my living-room warm for the duration of an episode of LOST!!!

There's something rotten in the state of Denmark (with apologies to the Danes - it was from Shakespeare...)